So we took Friday off from the world of travel rewards and of course as Murphy’s Law would have it that some really big news happened. Also as Murphy’s Law would have it, the news isn’t good. United Airlines’ MileagePlus program has announced changes to their flight award charts, primarily for flights on their partners. […]
Tag: Star Alliance
1,000 Free Starpoints for a quick survey
As posted on Flyertalk by Starwood Lurker, SPG members can take a really short survey and be rewarded with 1,000 Starpoints. Note: Please add your SPG account number to the field for name and email address. The survey is open until March 9. You can complete the survey here
Discounted Aeroplan Business & First Class Rewards – Limited Time Offer
Late last week news starting breaking in the Frequent Flyer Blogosphere that there were mistakes in the pricing some of Business Class and First Class award tickets from Aeroplan. Learning from previous potential mistake fares and reward tickets many people starting jumping on the bandwagon and booking this lower priced tickets. A day or so […]
Star Alliance Upgrade Awards now available on Air Canada
Air Canada is now officially participating in the Star Alliance Upgrade Awards program which allows members from Aeroplan and other Star Alliance programs to use their miles to upgrade on eligible Air Canada and Jazz Flights. The upgrades only work on Latitude fares (Economy Y or B booking class) and can be requested right as […]
Ethiopian Airlines to join Star Alliance in 2010
Following the successful integration of a partnership with Star Alliance founding member Lufthansa, Ethiopian is now setting it sights to get full membership in the Star Alliance. No exact date has been set but according to this article it states that the airline is set to join early next year.
Air Canada to launch new Montreal-Brussels flight (with same plane service from YYZ)
Announced on August 20th, the new Air Canada non-stop service between Montreal and Brussels will launch on June 12, 2010 and allow for connections with upcoming Star Alliance member Brussels Airlines. The flight includes same plane service to/from Toronto. Connections include some key destinations in France and Africa like Toulouse, Lyon, Abidjan and Dakar. The […]
Continental sets Oct 27 as entry date into Star Alliance
From Continental email sent Aug 12: Travel through Oct. 24, 2009 OnePass members can continue to earn and redeem miles and make reward reservations on SkyTeam partners through Oct. 24, 2009. All reward travel on these partners must be completed on or before Oct. 24, 2010. Travel on Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, 2009 If […]